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while Askew added an assist for a two-point nigh
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London, England - Two-time champion Rafael Nadal, seven- time titlist Roger Federer and Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka posted second-round victories Thursday at Wimbledon. Vapormax 97 Sale Australia . The second-seeded world No. 1 superstar Nadal exacted some revenge by coming back to beat Czech Lukas Rosol 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 6-4 on the famed Centre Court. Rosol shocked Nadal in the second round here two years ago, and Nadal was a first-round loser against Belgian Steve Darcis in the opening round last year. Rosol had a set point in the second-set tiebreak but was unable to convert, as Nadal saved it with a forehand winner and Rosol double-faulted two points later to give the Spaniard the set. Nadal ultimately completed his comeback in 2 hours, 44 minutes. The big-serving 6-foot-5 Rosol popped 17 aces, compared to 11 for Nadal, who broke his Czech counterpart three times, compared to two breaks for the loser. Nadal has now beaten Rosol twice since losing to the Czech slugger here in 2012. The mighty Spaniards other win came in Doha, Qatar, back in January. "I never play for revenge. Every match is a different match. My goal is not to beat Rosol but to play as well as I can in the tournament," Nadal said. The 14-time Grand Slam champion Nadal, who is the reigning French and U.S. Open titlist, is now 38-7 lifetime at Wimbledon, where hes a two-time winner and three-time runner-up. Up next for the 28-year-old great will be Kazakhstans Mikhail Kukushkin. The fourth-seeded former world No. 1 great Federer eased past Luxembourgs Gilles Muller 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 under the roof on Centre Court. Rain forced the closure of the roof during the second set. Federer improved to 69-8 lifetime at The Championships, where he also finished as a runner-up in 2008 in addition to those seven titles. The 17-time Grand Slam king titled on grass in Halle two weeks ago. He awaits the Marcel Granollers-Santiago Giraldo winner. The fifth-seeded Swiss star Wawrinka moved on by striking 56 winners and holding off Taiwans Yen-Hsun Lu, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Wawrinka will meet Uzbekistans Denis Istomin on Saturday. In other action involving top-10 seeds, No. 8 Milos Raonic, of Canada, reached the third round at Wimbledon for the first time by humbling American Jack Sock 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, No. 9 American John Isner erased veteran Finnish left-hander Jarkko Nieminen 7-6 (19-17), 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, and No. 10 Kei Nishikori, of Japan, erased American Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. The youngest player in the mens draw, 19-year-old Aussie Nick Kyrgios, pulled off an impressive upset by coming from two-sets-to-love down to eliminate 13th-seeded Frenchman and former Wimbledon semifinalist Richard Gasquet, 3-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-5, 10-8. Kyrgios smacked 21 aces and saved nine match points in the remarkable victory on the No. 2 Court. The Aussie needed 3 hours, 53 minutes to advance, as Gasquet ripped 27 aces in a losing effort. In a match that was suspended because of darkness on Wednesday, 14th-seeded French star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga finished off American Sam Querrey 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 14-12. The two men returned to the court knotted at 9-9 in the final set on Thursday. Tsonga and Querrey combined for 70 aces, including 37 from the French winner, in the two-day, 3-hour, 49-minute affair. The match featured only three service breaks, with Tsonga gaining two of them. Italian Simone Bolelli took out 22nd-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, while 23rd-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo bested Frances Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) and Czech Jiri Vesely upended 24th-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4. Also on Day 4, Kukushkin drubbed Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-3, 6-3, 6-2, Istomin defeated German Julian Reister, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, 6-4, and Polands Lukasz Kubot overcame Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Kubot was a surprise Wimbledon quarterfinalist last year. Rain forced the suspension or postponement of three matches, as 15th-seeded 2013 semifinalist Jerzy Janowicz was leading former world No. 1 and former Wimbledon champ Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 4-4, 19th-seeded Feliciano Lopez never took to the court against Croat Ante Pavic, and 30th-seeded Spaniard Marcel Granollers was ahead of Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 1-6, 2-1 when play was called for the day. Lopez titled on grass in Eastbourne last week and was a runner-up on grass the week before at Londons Queens Club. The third round will commence Friday, including matches for top-seeded former champion Novak Djokovic and third-seeded reigning champ Andy Murray. Last years runner-up to Murray, Djokovic, will meet Frances Gilles Simon, while Murray will take on last weeks grass-court champion in The Netherlands, 27th- seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. Also seeing third-round action will be sixth-seeded 2010 Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych, 11th-seeded recent Queens Club champ Grigor Dimitrov and the former Aussie Open runner-up Tsonga. Vapormax Plus Australia . The Raptors have to get through the pesky New York Knicks Wednesday at Madison Square Garden and can lock up the third spot in the Eastern Conference with a win or a Chicago loss in Charlotte. Balenciaga Triple s Australia . In his first game with Boston University, the 17-year-old Eichel picked up five assists as his Boston University Terriers thumped St. http://www.salenikeshoesaustralia.com/ai...rance.html . Villa has already confirmed his short-term deal and the Daily Mirror reported early Tuesday that Lampard will join him as both build up match fitness ahead of moves to the new Major League Soccer franchise New York City.SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Oliver Cooper scored three times and added an assist as the Saint John Sea Dogs halted a nine-game winless streak by defeating the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 4-2 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Sebastien Auger stopped 46-of-48 shots for Saint John, including 22 saves in the third period to preserve the victory. Mathew Highmore had a goal and an assist for the Sea Dogs (6-11-2), who won on home ice for the first time in six outings, while Olivier LeBlanc chipped in with two assists. Jack Nevins and Alexandre Goulet supplied the offence for the Islanders (10-6-2), who have dropped five straight contests. Eric Brassard made 34 saves in defeat. Saint John went 2 for 7 on the power play while Charlottetown failed to score on three chances with the man advantage. --- ARMADA 3 CATARACTES 2 SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Blainville-Boisbriand jumped out to a three-goal lead and held on long enough for their fifth win in a row. Frederic Bergeron, Danick Martel and Samuel Hodhod scored for the Armada (15-1-1), who sit atop the QMJHL standings. Frederick Goudreau and Frank Schumacher scored for the Cataractes (2-15-2), who have dropped three straight games, and Kris Hodge earned an assist on both goals. Samuel Montembeault made 19 saves for Blainville-Boisbriand while Marvin Cupper stopped 15 shots for Shawinigan. --- SCREAMING EAGLES 6 TITAN 2 SYDNEY, N.S. -- Cape Breton led by five goals before Acadie-Bathurst found the back on the net for the first time in the third period. Julien Pelletier, Raphael Corriveau and William Carrier had a goal and an assist each for the Screaming Eagles (9-9-2) while Justin Hache tacked on three assists. Kyle Farrell and Michael Layle added a goal apiece. Patrick Walsh put the Titan (6-11-2) on the board with a power-play goal in the third and Patrik Zdrahal added one more late. Cape Bretons Chase Marchand made 23 saves for the win. Mason MacDonald started in net for Acadie-Bathurst but was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots. Jacob Brennan turned aside 22-of-25 shots in 39 minutes of relief. --- PHOENIX 7 WILDCATS 4 MONCTON, N. Nike Shoes Discount Australia. B. -- Jean-Francois Plante had a hat trick to lead Sherbrooke to its fourth win in as many outings. Dominic Talbot-Tassi, Simon Desbiens and Tim Wieser each produced a goal and an assist for the Phoenix (8-11-2) and Vincent Deslauriers scored once. Christophe Lalonde scored twice for the Wildcats (8-12-1) while Liam Hynes and Christopher Caissy had the others. Francis Desrosiers stopped 29 shots for Sherbrooke as Graham Hunt gave up six goals on 18 shots for Moncton. --- VOLTIGEURS 6 OLYMPIQUES 3 GATINEAU, Que. -- Jerome Verrier had two goals and two assists and Georgs Golovkovs tacked on three assists as Drummondville doubled up the Olympiques. Guillaume Gauthier, Nikolas Brouillard, Dexter Weber and Cameron Askew also scored for the Voltigeurs (10-6-1) while Askew added an assist for a two-point night. Gatineau (14-6-0) got its only goal from Alex Dostie. Drummondvilles Louis-Philip Guindon only had to stop 17 shots for the victory. Robert Steeves turned back 35 shots for the Olympiques. --- HUSKIES 6 REMPARTS 1 ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. -- Maxime St-Cyr scored once and set up three more as the Huskies toppled Quebec. Liam OBrien had a goal and two assists for Rouyn-Noranda (11-6-2), Dillon Fournier and Mathieu Lemieux each recorded a goal and an assist while Jeremy Lauzon and Marcus Power scored the others. Fabrice Herzog scored the lone goal for the Remparts (9-7-4), who have dropped back-to-back contests. Alexandre Belanger made 22 saves for a Huskies victory. Callum Booth gave up four goals on 24 shots for Quebec and was pulled in relief of Francois Brassard, who stopped six-of-eight shots in relief. --- MOOSEHEADS 4 FOREURS 2 VAL-DOR, Que. -- Backup Kevin Darveau turned away 39 shots as Halifax defeated the Foreurs. Jonathan Drouin and Darcy Ashley had a goal and two assists apiece for the Mooseheads (14-8-0) while Nikolaj Ehlers and Luca Ciampini had the others. Guillaume Gelinas and Samuel Henley scored for Val-dOr (10-9-0) and Anthony Mantha assisted on both, giving him a league-leading 43 points in 17 games. Keven Bouchard stopped 21-of-24 shots for the Foreurs. ' ' '
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